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Amerigo Vespucci

ABOUTLegendary letter-writing Italian explorer who proved Brazil and the West Indies were not in eastern Asia. America is the feminine Latin form of his name.BEFORE FAMEHe was employed as a clerk to the infamous Florentine house of Medici and gained their protection.TRIVIAHis voyages led to the discovery of Brazil and Portugal and claiming it by the Treaty of Tordesillas.FAMILY LIFEHe was born to Ser Nastagio and Lisabetta Mini but was taught by his uncle, a Dominican friar.ASSOCIATED WITHHe was an Italian explorer like Christopher Columbus.